eiva

Probably from an earlier *aleiva, cognate with Spanish aleve (“flaw”), from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb, “disgraceful action”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈejβa̝/, /ˈɛjβa̝/

eiva f (plural eivas)

1. disability of a limb
2. crack

   Synonyms: fenda, rachadura

3. (figuratively) flaw, defect

• eivar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “eiva”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “eiva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “eiva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

eiva

1. inflection of eivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Unknown. Possibly from Latin labes (“fault, defect, collapse”).^[1]

• Hyphenation: ei‧va

• Hyphenation: ei‧va

eiva f (plural eivas)

1. crack

   Synonym: rachadura

2. (figuratively) flaw

• eivar

eiva

1. inflection of eivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative